Automobile-lock



C. V. GUSTIN.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPucmon mio IncA s. un.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE V. GUSTIN. 0F MONETT, MISSOURI..

AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

Application tiled December 8. 1917.

lie it known that l. Cmmr: (ies'ris, a ritizen of the United States. residing at. Mouett. in the voluit),I of liarry and State of .\lis.souri, have invented `certain new and useful improvements in .\utomobile-Loelcs. of u'liitii the following is u speeilieatiou.

This invention relates to a locking deiire t'or a steering.' gear of au automobile or other vehicle and has for its object the production of a simple and etiieient means for lurking: the. steering shaft of a vehicle iu surh a manner as to prevent the vehicle t'roiu being;r moved to any great distance without Iirst releasing.r the steering shaft.

With the above and other obit-ets in View this invention consists of rertaiu novel construetions, combinations and arrangements ol' parts as will he hereinafter fully (le-- srribed and claimed.

ln the drawiingse- Figure. l is a side elevation of the toekiupr deviee, the. supporting casing being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l. the supporting casing being removed therefrom,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the lurking device,

Fig. 4 is a sect-ion taken on Fi f. il,

lino 4-4 of is a section taken on line 5w!) of lliv referring to the. drawings. it. will be seen thaty l designates the supporting easing whieh earn-uns the. usual steering worm wheel or geur 2, the usual worin screw 3 uueshini.Y therewith and being carried by the steering' shaft. t. This steering shaft 4 carries a geur :i adjacent the worm screw 3 and this gear is adapted to he engaged bv means of a lot-.king lute or head 6- for holding the shaft 4 against. rotation. This locking head I comprises a body having teeth 6' 'formed' u ion the concave face thereof as shown in tig. 2. these teeth 6' being adapted to mesh with the spur teeth formed upon the gear 5. ln this way the gear 5 may be firmly loria-d in a set' position when in (mingen-"tent with the teeth (i d ti.

formed upon the A dial plate 't' is supported in any suitable' manner adjacent. the steering shaft. 4 and constitutes a mipporting means tor the |a-raiutation meruting shaft 8. This shaft H earrios a mil ed nut 9 et its upper end for the purpose of permitting the shaft 8 to Spectacetton at Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14.1919.

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be easily1 rotated. and suitable markings or indicating iin-ans nur r he earried by the dial T and the nut. J for the purpose of permitting the operator to easily determine the amount ot' turn or rotation which has been riren the shaft. 8.

top plate. l() is seeured to the lower end of the tube H and an outer permutation ring ll is serured to this top plate lfl.

loekiunr roti t2 extends through the shaft or tulle H and is seeured at its lower end to the locking plate or head and constitutes a support for this head t' A blade or tongue lli is earried by the rod l2 and is adapted tu hold the rod 1'2 in a downwardly extending position for maintaining the head t3 in engarelnent. with the ratchet or gear wheel knob 14 is carried hy the rod 12 and a spring 15 is mounted upon the rod 12 and engages the outer fue@ of the uut. t) for normally urging the rod^1-2 upwardly and also causing the blade or tongue 13 to extend through the notches 16 formed in the permutation rings hereinafter described.

An inner sleeve 17 is carried hit-the rod 1'2 and this inner sleeve 1T supports a bed plate 18. The bed plate 1S is provided with a pluralityr of short partitions-..19 `which fit between the respective permutation rings for holding the rm s in proper relation. It of course. should ie. understood that any suitable. number of permutation rings may be emploved und tration, our of these rings are shown as set fort-h iu Fig. 4 of the drawing. The bed plate 18 isprovided with a notch 2.0 extending from one side thereof toward the center of the plate. and notches tti are formed I in the permutation rings 21 and Il adapted to register with the slot 20 when the rings areproperly arranged.

The outer ring 11 is provided with an inwardly 'extending pin 22. The inner permufor the purpose of itlus- 

